Katrina Swett | |
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| Born | Yvonne Katrina Lantos October 8, 1955 San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Children | 7 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD) University of Southern Denmark (PhD) |
Yvonne Katrina Swett (née Lantos; born October 8, 1955) is the President of the Lantos Foundation.[2][3][4] She is also an American educator and the former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2012 to 2013, and then in 2014 to 2015.[5] She ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic candidate for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district during the 2002 United States midterm elections.
- ^ "Yvonne Catherine Lantos, Born 10/08/1955 in California |CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved Oct 4, 2019.
- ^ "About Leadership". Lantos Foundation. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ Q&A with Katrina Lantos Swett – C-SPAN Video Library. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
(video of interview)Katrina Lantos Swett talked about the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, and her late father, Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), who founded the bipartisan Congressional Human Rights Caucus. She told the story of her parents' escape from German labor camps and eventual immigration to the U.S. from Hungary. Other topics included her concerns over Russian leadership pulling the country away from democracy, and her admiration for the Dalai Lama's contributions to human rights. She discussed her failed campaign to represent New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional district in 2010, her husband Richard Swett's service as ambassador to Denmark and representation of New Hampshire's 2nd district for two terms, and raising seven children.
Katrina Lantos Swett teaches foreign policy at Tufts University, and is President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University, her J.D. from the University of California, and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Southern Denmark.
- ^ "Katrina Lantos Swett, President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice". C-SPAN. April 15, 2012. Retrieved 2014-12-01.(rough transcript of interview)
- ^ "Former Commissioners". United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Apr 11, 2008. Retrieved Oct 4, 2019.